Originally Posted by alanw

Yeah I didn't figure there was a lot of chance of a match, but I'm glad I posted anyway because I learned a few things (and was reminded of a few things):
Lounge access on VY: did not know that, it's huge since I have probably 20 VY legs/year and have been relying on PP for lounge access (the lounge in BCN is sometimes over capacity lately and PP seems to get parked outside more frequently than with status)
Platino is good for two years. Completely slipped my mind. BA Gold is only doable by accident for me, but I'll almost make Platino without trying since it's two years worth of TPs instead of one.

There's also the "free VIP parking" benefit at BCN and MAD. I can't find details about what that actually means anywhere but my best guess is you have to pay regular parking rates but get the valet parking and EV charging for free? Anyone know?

I'm going to mail them; worst thing they can do is say no. Should that fail I have a trip coming up next week that will put me over the BA Silver threshold for the year so I'm going to start accumulating on IB and...do it the hard way.